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Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program

National Forests and Public Lands, restoration

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The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) is a new and successful forest restoration program.

Created by a 2009 federal law, the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program encourages collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration in priority forest landscapes. The Wilderness Society works to assist with and grow this innovative program.

Why do we need the CFLRP?

Our national forests are damaged from decades of unsustainable logging, road building, fire suppression and urbanization. The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program supports communities on the ground in restoring our forests so we can continue to receive clean air and water, sustainable jobs and incredible recreation opportunities.

Two main goals of CFLRP

Use science‐based practices to accomplish goalsOvergrown forests can lead to erosion and unusually intense forest fires. By removing overgrown trees and using fuel reduction projects, the CFLRP can help prevent fires and overgrowth damage to our forests.

Ensuring collaborationBy working with people on the ground, the CFLRP will protect our forests and the communities that depend on them. It is a way to bring people together and build a long-term partnership between the people and forests.

CFLRP accomplishments

In its first few years, the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program has:

Created and maintained 1,550 jobs

Produced 107 million board feet of timber

Generated nearly $59 million of labor income

Removed fuel for destructive mega-fires on 90,000 acres near communities

Reduced mega-fire on an additional 64,000 acres

Improved 66,000 acres of wildlife habitat

Restored 28 miles of fish habitat

Enhanced clean water supplies by remediating 163 miles of eroding roads

The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program is good for our economy

The CFLR program benefits local economies while improving forest health. Restoration projects create high‐wage, high‐skill jobs in rural communities. Continuing to fund the CFLRP will ensure that sustainable jobs remain in the communities that need them.